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Best of Boats Award 2021

best for beginners 2021

Axopar 22 Spyder

With the Axopar 22 Spyder, the Finnish shipyard rounds off its fleet in terms of length. The boat, which is only 22 feet long, has the same bold visual appearance…

best for fishing 2021

Quicksilver 705 Pilothouse

The Quicksilver 705 Pilothouse is a new, larger version of the 2020 Best of Boats Award winning Pilothouse boat from Quicksilver. As the only closed fishing boat in the Best…

best for family 2021

Marex 330 Scandinavia

The Marex 330 is a further developed combination of the Marex 375 and the BOB winner Marex 360 CC, but on a 33-foot hull. Marex provides the saloon area and…

best for fun 2021

Waterdream 52 California

You step aboard the Waterdream 52 California as if to a gala over the wide steps in the stern. The 52-foot-long ship from the Netherlands is, despite its length, purely…

best for travel 2021

Silent 60

We sailed the Silent 60 super-quietly off Mallorca. The spaceship with Klagenfurt roots offers significantly more space and higher performance than the 2019 BOB Award-winning Silent 55. In the meantime,…

best for future 2021

Frauscher TimeSquare 20

With the Time Square, they have rethought boating in calm waters. On two hulls with the lightest displacement, electrically powered at a decent speed, the TimeSquare represents a new concept…

finalists 2021
Best for Beginners

Axopar 22 Spyder

Axopar Boats, Finland
With the Axopar 22 Spyder, the Finnish shipyard rounds off its fleet in terms of length. The boat, which is only 22 feet long, has the same bold visual appearance…

Bayliner M15 / Quicksilver Activ 475 aXess

Bayliner Boats, USA
The US boat builder Brunswick uses the principle of the platform strategy from the automotive industry for its well-known Bayliner and Quicksilver brands. This means that apart from the equipment…

Jeanneau Merry Fisher 795 Series 2

Jeanneau, France
The Merry Fisher series is one of the most popular boat series in Europe. This is certainly also because the boat type embodies the classic family boat – with a…

finalists 2021
Best for Fishing

Boston Whaler 280 Vantage

Boston Whaler, USA
The Boston Whaler 280 Vantage (USA) is a highly motorised open sports boat whose handling characteristics and fishing facilities leave nothing to be desired. Everything about this boat is ultra-solid,…

Silver Shark

Silver Boats, Finland
The hull and deck of the Silver Shark CCx are made entirely of aluminium. On the latest boat model from the Scandinavian manufacturer, which we drove in Helsinki, the metal…

Quicksilver 705 Pilothouse

Quicksilver Boats, USA
The Quicksilver 705 Pilothouse is a new, larger version of the 2020 Best of Boats Award winning Pilothouse boat from Quicksilver. As the only closed fishing boat in the Best…

finalists 2021
Best for Family

Beneteau GT 36

Beneteau, France
With the family boat Beneteau GT 36, the French boat builder is looking to grab a growing share of the US boat market. In any case, the eleven-metre-long Gran Turismo…

Finnmaster T9

Finnmaster Boats, Finland
A day boat that offers enough space for families is the sleek Finnmaster T9 from Finland. Long below the radar of central-european boat buyers, the fast and super-elegantly designed boat…

Marex 330 Scandinavia

Marex Boats, Norway
The Marex 330 is a further developed combination of the Marex 375 and the BOB winner Marex 360 CC, but on a 33-foot hull. Marex provides the saloon area and…

finalists 2021
Best for Fun

De Antonio D50

De Antonio, Spain
The De Antonio D50 offers an unusual concept that is not immediately visible from the outside: a combination of the space offered by an inboard engine on deck and outboard…

Saxdor 320

Saxdor Yachts, Finland
The Finnish-built Saxdor 320 is the second model from Saxdor Yachts, which debuted at last year’s Best of Boats Awards – and immediately won the Best for Beginners category with…

Tecnorib Pirelli 35

Tecnorib, Italy
The Tecnorib Pirelli 35 is a racer. The rigid hull inflatable boat is also a BOB finalist for 2021 thanks to its easy handling. During our test drives on the…

Waterdream 52 California

Waterdream, Netherlands
You step aboard the Waterdream 52 California as if to a gala over the wide steps in the stern. The 52-foot-long ship from the Netherlands is, despite its length, purely…

X-Yachts X-Power 33 C

X-Yachts, Denmark
The X-Power 33 is built on the patented Petestep hull, which reduces wave action under the boat. This results in 35 percent lower energy consumption and less noise emissions. On…

finalists 2021
Best for Travel

Absolute 60 Fly

Absolute Yachts, Italy
A luxury ship on three floors is the Absolute 60 Fly. The boat we sailed off the Ligurian coast is even bigger than last year’s BOB winner, also a travel…

Prestige X70

Prestige Yachts, France
The Prestige X70 is the first boat in the new Prestige model series and, at 70 feet, is considerably larger than the previous touring and family boats from the French…

Silent 60

Silent Yachts, Austria
We sailed the Silent 60 super-quietly off Mallorca. The spaceship with Klagenfurt roots offers significantly more space and higher performance than the 2019 BOB Award-winning Silent 55. In the meantime,…

special award
Best for Future

Frauscher TimeSquare 20

Frauscher Boats, Austria
With the Time Square, they have rethought boating in calm waters. On two hulls with the lightest displacement, electrically powered at a decent speed, the TimeSquare represents a new concept…
Best of Boats Award
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